Balkans
Montenegro
Pljevlja Municipality

Pljevlja

Pljevlja is a town located in the Northern Region of , situated along . The town lies at an altitude of 770 m. In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads and cultural streams, with important roads connecting the littoral with the Balkan interior.
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  • Type: City with 19,500 residents
  • Description: city in Montenegro
  • Also known as: “Ljevlja”, “Plevlja”, “Plevlje”, and “Pljevlje”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Husein-paša’s Mosque and Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Pljevlja.

Mosque
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Husein-paša's Mosque is a well-known in Pljevlja, . It was built between 1573 and 1594. It was named after Husein-paša Boljanić who was born in the village of , which is close to Pljevlja.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Holy Trinity Monastery of Pljevlja is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery complex in Pljevlja, . It is located about 37 miles north of , and 24 miles from .

Power station
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coal-fired power station in Pljevlja, . The plant went into service in 1982 and is the only coal-fired power station in Montenegro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krnjača.

Village
is a located in the municipality of , southwestern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 149 inhabitants. is situated 9 km northeast of Pljevlja.

Pljevlja

Latitude
43.35442° or 43° 21′ 16″ north
Longitude
19.34755° or 19° 20′ 51″ east
Population
19,500
Elevation
772 metres (2,533 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ME PLJ
Open location code
8FMX983X+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1255491789
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3193161
Wiki­data ID
Q211343
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Venetian—“Pljevlja” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Plevla”
  • Albanian: “Plevle”
  • Albanian: “Pljevlja”
  • Arabic: “بلييفليا”
  • Armenian: “Պլևլյա”
  • Asturian: “Pljevlja”
  • Azerbaijani: “Plyevlya”
  • Belarusian: “Плеўля”
  • Bosnian: “Pljevlja”
  • Bulgarian: “Плевля”
  • Cebuano: “Pljevlja”
  • Chechen: “Плевля”
  • Chinese: “普列夫利亚”
  • Chinese: “普列夫利亞”
  • Croatian: “Pljevlja”
  • Czech: “Pljevlja”
  • Danish: “Pljevlja”
  • Dutch: “Pljevlja”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلييفليا”
  • Esperanto: “Pljevlja”
  • Estonian: “Pljevlja”
  • Finnish: “Pljevlja”
  • French: “Plevlyé”
  • French: “Pljevlja”
  • Georgian: “პლევლია”
  • German: “Pljevlja”
  • German: “Taslidza”
  • German: “Taslidža”
  • Greek: “Πλιέβλια”
  • Hebrew: “פלייבליה”
  • Hungarian: “Pljevlja”
  • Italian: “Comune di Pljevlja”
  • Italian: “Pljevlja”
  • Japanese: “プリェヴリャ”
  • Japanese: “プリェブリャ”
  • Korean: “플레블라”
  • Lithuanian: “Plevlė”
  • Lithuanian: “Plevlia”
  • Lombard: “Pljevlja”
  • Macedonian: “Плевља”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pljevlja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Breznik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pljevlja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taslidža”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pljevlja”
  • Norwegian: “Pljevlja”
  • Persian: “پلیفلیا”
  • Persian: “پلیولیا”
  • Polish: “Pljevlja”
  • Polish: “Taşlıca”
  • Portuguese: “Pljevlja”
  • Pushto: “پلیفلیا”
  • Romanian: “Pljevlja”
  • Russian: “Плевля”
  • Scots: “Pljevlja”
  • Serbian: “Pljevlja”
  • Serbian: “Пљевља”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pljevlja”
  • Slovak: “Pljevlja”
  • Slovenian: “Pljevlja”
  • Spanish: “Pljevlja”
  • Swedish: “Pljevlja”
  • Tatar: “Плевлә”
  • Thai: “ปลิเยวลิยา”
  • Turkish: “Taşlıca”
  • Ukrainian: “Плєвля”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Pljevlja”
  • Urdu: “پلئیولیا”
  • Venetian: “Pljevlja”

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